
pmid: 37851685
pmc: PMC10584172
Bedaquiline (B), pretomanid (Pa) and linezolid (L) are key components of new regimens for treating rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis (TB). However, there is limited information on the global prevalence of resistance to these drugs and the impact of resistance on treatment outcomes. Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) phenotypic drug susceptibility and whole-genome sequence (WGS) data, as well as patient profiles from 4 pretomanid-containing trials–STAND, Nix-TB, ZeNix and SimpliciTB–were used to investigate the rates of baseline resistance (BR) and acquired resistance (AR) to BPaL drugs, as well as their genetic basis, risk factors and impact on treatment outcomes. Data from >1,000 TB patients enrolled from 2015 to 2020 in 12 countries was assessed. We identified 2 (0.3%) participants with linezolid BR. Pretomanid BR was also rare, with similar rates across TB drug resistance types (0–2.1%). In contrast, bedaquiline BR was more prevalent among participants with highly resistant TB or longer prior treatment histories than those with newly diagnosed disease (5.2–6.3% vs. 0–0.3%). Bedaquiline BR was a risk factor for bacteriological failure or relapse in Nix-TB/ZeNix; 3/12 (25%, 95% CI 5–57%) participants with vs. 6/185 (3.2%, 1.2–6.9%) without bedaquiline BR. Across trials, we observed no linezolid AR, and only 3 cases of bedaquiline AR, including 2 participants with poor adherence. Overall, pretomanid AR was also rare, except in ZeNix patients with bedaquiline BR. WGS analyses revealed novel mutations in canonical resistant genes and, in 7 MTB isolates, the genetic determinants could not be identified. The overall low rates of BR to linezolid and pretomanid, and to a lesser extent to bedaquiline, observed in the pretomanid trials are in support of the worldwide implementation of BPaL-based regimens. Similarly, the overall low AR rates observed suggest BPaL drugs are better protected in the regimens trialed here than in other regimens combining bedaquiline with more, but less effective drugs.
Staphylococcus aureus, Epidemiology, Bedaquiline, FOS: Health sciences, DNA Topoisomerases: Structure, Function, and Inhibition, Microbiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Epidemiology of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases, Vancomycin, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Health Sciences, Pathology, Genetics, Tuberculosis, Molecular Biology, Internal medicine, Biology, Rifampicin, Pharmacology, Bacteria, Linezolid, Life Sciences, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Clinical trial, Infectious Diseases, Antibiotic Resistance, Drug resistance, FOS: Biological sciences, Medicine, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270, Research Article
Staphylococcus aureus, Epidemiology, Bedaquiline, FOS: Health sciences, DNA Topoisomerases: Structure, Function, and Inhibition, Microbiology, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Epidemiology of Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Diseases, Vancomycin, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Health Sciences, Pathology, Genetics, Tuberculosis, Molecular Biology, Internal medicine, Biology, Rifampicin, Pharmacology, Bacteria, Linezolid, Life Sciences, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Clinical trial, Infectious Diseases, Antibiotic Resistance, Drug resistance, FOS: Biological sciences, Medicine, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270, Research Article
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